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S. HRG. 111–688 Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations Department of Defense Appropriations Fiscal Year 2011 111th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION S. 3800 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NONDEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES Department of Defense Appropriations, 2011 (S. 3800) S. HRG. 111–688 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 3800 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Department of Defense Nondepartmental Witnesses Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 54–962 PDF WASHINGTON : 2010 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, http://bookstore.gpo.gov. For more information, contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Printing Office. Phone 202–512–1800, or 866–512–1800 (toll-free). E-mail, [email protected]. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Chairman ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri TOM HARKIN, Iowa MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama HERB KOHL, Wisconsin JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire PATTY MURRAY, Washington ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota SUSAN COLLINS, Maine MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio JACK REED, Rhode Island LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey BEN NELSON, Nebraska MARK PRYOR, Arkansas JON TESTER, Montana ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania CHARLES J. HOUY, Staff Director BRUCE EVANS, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Chairman ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri TOM HARKIN, Iowa MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah HERB KOHL, Wisconsin SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas PATTY MURRAY, Washington ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania Professional Staff CHARLES J. HOUY NICOLE DI RESTA KATE FITZPATRICK KATY HAGAN KATE KAUFER ELLEN MALDONADO ERIK RAVEN GARY REESE BETSY SCHMID BRIDGET ZARATE STEWART HOLMES (Minority) ALYCIA FARRELL (Minority) BRIAN POTTS (Minority) BRIAN WILSON (Minority) Administrative Support RACHEL MEYER (II) CONTENTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 Page Department of Defense: Department of the Army: Office of the Secretary ........ 1 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 Department of Defense: Medical Health Programs .............................................. 65 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010 Department of Defense: Department of the Navy: Office of the Secretary ......... 173 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2010 Department of Defense: National Guard ................................................................................................. 235 Reserves ............................................................................................................ 291 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010 Department of Defense: Missile Defense Agency .................................................. 337 WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010 Department of Defense: Department of the Air Force: Office of the Secretary .. 365 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010 Department of Defense: Office of the Secretary .................................................... 409 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010 Nondepartmental Witnesses ................................................................................... 473 (III) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:31 a.m., in room SD–192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Inouye, Dorgan, Shelby, and Brownback. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENTS OF: HON. JOHN M. McHUGH, SECRETARY GENERAL GEORGE W. CASEY, CHIEF OF STAFF OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN DANIEL K. INOUYE Chairman INOUYE. The hearing will come to order. This morning, we welcome the Honorable John McHugh, Sec- retary of the Army, along with General George Casey, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Gentlemen, we thank you for being here with us today as we re- view the Army’s budget request for fiscal year 2011. Before proceeding, I’d like to announce that, because of illness, the vice chairman will not be with us this morning. In his place, we have the gentleman from Alabama. The Department of the Army’s fiscal year 2011 budget request is $143.4 billion, an increase of $2.5 billion over last year’s enacted budget, excluding funding appropriated to the Army in the fiscal year 2010 supplemental. The Army also has requested $20 billion for overseas contingency operations for the remainder of this fiscal year, primarily to fund surge operations in Afghanistan. In April of last year, President Obama and Secretary Gates announced substantial initiatives within the Department of Defense to strengthen our All-Volunteer Force, change how and what the Department buys, and rebalance military capabilities. After an overhaul of the Army’s modernization effort last year, fiscal year 2011 budget request includes $3.2 billion for the Army’s (1) 2 revamped Brigade Combat Team Modernization Program and pro- vides $6 billion for Army aviation. The fiscal year 2011 budget re- quest builds upon the reform agenda set by Secretary Gates last year and supports the final year of a 5-year plan to restore balance to an Army that has experienced the cumulative effects of years upon years of conflict. The subcommittee is looking forward to hearing not only about these efforts, but also about the Department’s vision to rebalance and reshape, as directed in the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) completed this past January. One of the central themes of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review is balance. The Department needs to find balance between providing capabilities to prevail in today’s wars, while building the capabilities needed to counter future threats. The Army is shouldering a very heavy burden, since it has been conducting combat operations in two theaters while trans- forming and modernizing at the same time. However, budget pres- sures to support current operations have made it very difficult to allow for the investment in modernization. Not only is balance included and needed between meeting the de- mands of today and the threats of the future, it is also needed within each of the military services, and the Army has continued to answer the Nation’s call, but it has been at the expense of main- taining a well-balanced force. We are aware of the demands created by more than 8 years of continuous war. Repeated and lengthy deployments have stressed our soldiers, their families, and our support systems and equip- ment. Currently the Department is managing a shift in focus in our overseas contingency operations. While the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq has begun, an additional 30,000 troops have been committed to supporting operations in Afghanistan. Since the Army is the service most heavily engaged in these op- erations, the Secretary of Defense has permitted the Army to re- tain 22,000 soldiers, temporarily, above the authorized end strength of 547,000. This decision was made to acknowledge the fact that future readiness is dependent upon restoring balance and lessening the strain upon the force. Finally, there is one other type of balance that this subcommittee will be looking for during the budget review, the balance between risk and resources. The Quadrennial Defense Review has set the agenda and defined requirements, and presumably the Department has budgeted for those priorities. However, there will never be enough resources to eliminate all risk. It is our hope that today’s hearing will help illuminate how the Army’s fiscal year 2011 budg- et request addresses the recommendations of the Quadrennial De- fense Review while maintaining balance among a number of val- ued, yet equally important, priorities. Gentlemen, we sincerely appreciate your service to our Nation and your dedication and sacrifices made daily by the men and women in our Army. We could not be more grateful for what those who wear our Nation’s uniform do for our country each and every day. Gentlemen, your full statements will be made a part of the record. And I would now wish to turn to the Senator from Alabama. 3 STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD C. SHELBY Senator SHELBY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ll be brief. I just want to join you in welcoming Secretary McHugh and General Casey to this subcommittee. They’re no strangers here. Thank you. Chairman INOUYE. I thank you very much. Now, with that, Secretary, we are depending on you, sir. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN MC HUGH Mr. MCHUGH. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. As you noted, we’ll enter, with your permission, our full state- ments into the record. And I know time is of some concern here this morning, so I just would like to summarize a few of those points. First of all, I want to,